Is there a Tamil equivalent of ‘netizen’, ‘hotspot’ or ‘groupfie’? The answer would have been no until a year ago. But a Tamil Nadu government project to create a word bank now has an appropriate ...
When the phrase ‘Amateur Announcer’ with its Tamil meaning ‘Vizhainar Arivippalar’ from the list of 550 pre-selected words comes up for discussion, an argument breaks out. Voices are raised, ...
The Tamil Nadu government has launched an ambitious project to integrate all six Tamil etymological dictionaries, including Winslow and Madras University dictionaries, and create a treasury of words ( ...